Two American ISIS fighters captured in eastern Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday evening that their troops had captured two American Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorists in eastern Syria this week.

The SDF’s official media wing said in their statement that the two Americans were captured while their troops were attacking the Islamic State’s positions east of the Euphrates.

The identities of the Americans was previously released earlier this week when NBC interviewed one of the fighters.

With their recent string of losses east of the Euphrates, the Islamic State finds their once massive presence in eastern Syria quickly dwindling to a small portion of the Badiya Al-Sham region of eastern Homs and western Deir Ezzor.

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